The TopShipping website contains a number of hyperlinks to other websites, set up with the permission of TopShipping. However, TopShipping is not in a position to check the content of the sites visited in this way, and consequently cannot accept any responsibility for them.
Unless you decide to disable cookies, you agree that the site may use them. You can deactivate these cookies at any time and free of charge using the deactivation options offered to you and recalled below, knowing that this may reduce or prevent access to all or part of the Services offered by our website.
10.1 COOKIES
A “cookie” is a small information file sent to the User’s browser and stored in the User’s terminal (e.g., computer, smartphone), (hereinafter “Cookies”). This file includes information such as the User’s domain name, the User’s Internet service provider, the User’s operating system, and the date and time of access. Cookies will not damage the User’s terminal in any way.
TopShipping may process information about the User’s visit to the Site, such as the pages consulted and the searches performed. This information enables TopShipping to improve the content of the Site and the User’s navigation.
Cookies facilitate navigation and/or the provision of services offered by the Site, and the User may configure his browser to allow him to decide whether to accept them so that cookies are stored in the terminal or, on the contrary, that they are rejected, either systematically or according to their sender. The User may also configure his browser software so that he is offered the option of accepting or rejecting cookies from time to time before a cookie is stored on his terminal. TopShipping informs the User that, in this case, not all functions of his browser software may be available.
If the User refuses the storage of Cookies in his terminal or browser, or if the User deletes those stored there, the User is informed that his navigation and experience on the site may be limited. This may also be the case if TopShipping or one of its service providers cannot recognize, for technical compatibility purposes, the type of browser used by the terminal, the language and display settings or the country from which the terminal appears to be connected to the Internet.
Where applicable, TopShipping declines all responsibility for the consequences of the impaired functioning of the site and of any services offered by TopShipping, resulting from (i) the refusal of Cookies by the User (ii) the impossibility for TopShipping to save or consult the Cookies necessary for their functioning due to the User’s choice. For the management of Cookies and the User’s choices, the configuration of each browser is different. It is described in the browser’s help menu, which will show how the User can change his or her wishes regarding Cookies.
At any time, the User can choose to express and change his or her wishes with regard to cookies. TopShipping may also use the services of external service providers to help it collect and process the information described in this section.
Finally, by clicking on the icons dedicated to the social networks Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus on the TopShipping Website or in its mobile application and if the User has accepted the deposit of cookies by continuing to navigate on the TopShipping Website or mobile application, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus may also deposit cookies on your terminals (computer, tablet, mobile phone).
These types of cookies are only placed on your terminals if you give your consent by continuing to browse the TopShipping website or mobile application. The User can, however, revoke his or her consent to the placement of such cookies by TopShipping at any time.
10.2 INTERNET TAGS
TopShipping may occasionally use Internet tags (also known as “tags”, action tags, single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs and one-to-one GIFs) and deploy them through a web analytics partner that may be located (and therefore store the related information, including the User’s IP address) in a foreign country.
These tags are placed both in the online advertisements that allow users to access the site and on the various pages of the site.
This technology allows TopShipping to measure visitor responses to the site and the effectiveness of its actions (e.g., the number of times a page is opened and the information viewed), as well as the User’s use of this site.
The external service provider may collect information about visitors to the site and other websites through the use of these tags, compile reports on site activity for TopShipping, and provide other services relating to the use of the site and the Internet.